Chandigarh (ind)

Chandigarh

Chandigarh ranks 979th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Warrington, Changsha, and Marburg. Memorable people born in Chandigarh include Neerja Bhanot, Kapil Dev, and Mahie Gill. Memorable people who died in Chandigarh include Milkha Singh, Zail Singh, and Nek Chand. Chandigarh has been the birth place of many actors, and cricketers and the death place of many athletes, and politicians. Chandigarh is located in India.

Chandigarh is a city and union territory in northwestern India, serving as the shared capital of the states of Punjab and Haryana. Situated near the foothills of the Shivalik range of Himalayas, it borders Haryana to the east and Punjab in the remaining directions. Chandigarh constitutes the bulk of the Chandigarh Capital Region or Greater Chandigarh, which also includes the adjacent satellite cities of Panchkula in Haryana and Mohali in Punjab. It is located 260 km northwest of New Delhi and 229 km southeast of Amritsar and 104 km southwest of Shimla. Read more on Wikipedia